pollute
verb (used with object)
to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty.
is polluting
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present progressiveof pollute (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Ecopetrol, which is 88% owned by the Colombian state and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, rejects the fishers' claims that it is polluting the water.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2025
On a second level, it is the story of ranchers like Beth and her father who are fighting against an outside world where money is polluting a way of life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2022
Nesbit added that the newer satellite technology, combined with on-the-ground measurements, makes it easier for researchers to identify “who is polluting the world.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
"You shouldn't be able to do whatever you want on your land if what you're doing is polluting water or affecting people downstream."
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2021
In the first place, though the atmosphere of crime is polluting in a large city, it infects nobody here.
From The Hallam Succession by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
